Syllabus
WSU Department Name
Mechanical Engineering Technology
WSU Course Number & Listing
MET 1000: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Technology and Design (3 Credit Hrs.) (POE-PLTW)
High School: [High School Name]
WSU Concurrent Adjunct Instructor: [Name]
High School Course Name: [Concurrent High School Course]
[School Year]
Concurrent Adjunct Instructor’s Office Hours
[Concurrent Adjunct Instructor’s office hours]
Concurrent Adjunct Instructor’s phone and email
[Concurrent Adjunct Instructor’s phone and email]
Prerequisite High School Courses if any
[Prerequisite High School Courses if any]
WSU Course Description:
This introductory course explores the wide variety of careers in engineering and technology and covers various technology systems and manufacturing processes. Using activities, projects, and problems, students learn first hand how engineers and technicians use math, science, and technology in an engineering problem-solving process to benefit people. The course also addresses concerns about social and political consequences of technological change. The department accepts Project Lead The Way curriculum (PLTW).
Note: The PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design curriculum, text, material and objectives will also be covered in this course.
WSU Course Objectives:
The PLTW curriculum will be used to meet both department and PLTW objectives. Students will learn key concepts of visual communication to design and create tables, charts, and graphs to illustrate data.
Activity: A table of numbers supplied by the teacher shows the results of a driver education experiment. The experiment measures the time between the appearance of a stimulus on a screen and a student's reaction of depressing the brake pedal. Use this data in Excel to create a Histogram.
Sample Project
Objective: Students will use knowledge of material properties and the effects of stress to build support structures. They will explain why their structure should withstand a given load and where weaknesses may occur.
Project Lead The Way National Standards (PLTW): students will:
ü Have an understanding of engineering and be able to identify engineering achievements through history.
ü Be able to identify problems for engineers to solve in the future.
ü Be able to define attributes associated with being a successful engineer.
ü Understand that an engineering team must work together to solve problems, with each team member having individual and collective responsibilities.
ü Understand how social, environmental and financial constraints influence the engineering process.
ü Have an understanding of the different types of engineering fields.
ü Understand the professional and legal responsibilities associated with being an engineer.
ü Research and discover the educational requirements to become an engineer.
ü Investigate and engage in meaningful activities; become independent learners; make their own connections between posed questions and prior learning; use real life technologies; obtain ownership of their learning; and exhibit growth in areas often ignored: social and life skills, self-management skills and the ability to learn on one’s own.
WSU Required Textbook & Materials:
PLTW Text and material
WSU Course Requirements:
PLTW requirements
WSU Grading:
93% - 100% = A90% - 92% = A-
87% - 89% = B+
84% - 86% = B / 80% - 83% = B-
77% - 79% = C+
73% - 76% = C
70% - 72% = C- / 67% - 69% = D+
63% - 66% = D
60% - 62% = D-
0% - 59% = E
Calendar of Course Content:
Unit 1 – Definitions and types of Engineering
Engineers as Problem Solvers
The Engineering Team
Careers in Engineering
(Research Report) Specific to Fields of Engineering
Unit 2 – Communication and Documentations
Sketching
Technical Writing
PowerPoint Presentations
Public speaking
Journaling
Unit 3 – The Design Process
Problem Solving Process
Design Briefs
Major Team Design Exercises/Activities
Patent Process System
Unit 4 – Engineering Systems
Mechanisms
Thermodynamics
Fluid Systems
Electrical Systems
Control systems
Unit 5 - Statics and Strength of Materials
Statics
Strength of Materials
Unit 6- Materials and Materials Testing in Engineering
Materials and materials Testing
Categories of Materials
Properties of Materials
Manufacturing process
Quality Control
Material Testing
Unit 7 – Engineering for Reliability
Reliability
Case Study
Unit 8 – Kinematics
Linear Motion
Trajectory Motion
WSU Course Evaluation:
As a concurrent student, you are given the privilege of evaluating this course. This is an anonymous evaluation which allows you an opportunity to express your opinions of the course and the instructor.
WSU Student Code of Conduct:
Download the WSU Student Code of Conduct at:
www.weber.edu/concurrent/students/CodeOfConduct.asp